Community and living

• 15 members including five public sector, five private sector and five community sector representatives (see below for membership details)
• Responsible for drawing up Community Strategy with focus on co-ordinating the five partnerships in Croydon
• Sets key short term priorities and establishes a long term vision
• Oversees how the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund is spent
• Does not have the power to decide how public money is spent, but can strongly influence allocations by setting the strategy
• Ensures planning and delivery of limited number of strategic activities which contributes to the overall vision
• Reviews the Community Strategy and the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy
• Reviews partnerships and recommends improvements

Membership of Strategic Partnership Board

Business sector

Carol Bagnald - District Manager, HSBC Bank

Deva Ponnoosami - Board Member, Croydon Business (Vice Chair)

David Parham - Centre Manager, Centrale

Nitin Mehta - Proprietor, Croydon Motor Spares

Sarah Harper-Booth - President, Croydon Chamber of Commerce

Community & voluntary sector

Colin Boswell - Borough Dean, Croydon Parish Church

Jonathan Carter - Vice Chair, Croydon Voluntary Action (Vice Chair)

Elaine Collins - Chair, Monks Hill Residents' Association

Paula Doherty - Representative, Children & Young People's organisations

Chandra Babu - Chair, BME Forum

Statutory sector

Mike Fisher - Leader of the Council

Steve O'Connell - Deputy Leader of the Council

Lord Graham Tope - Board Member, Metropolitan Police Authority

Toni Letts - Chair, Primary Care Trust

Tony Newman - Leader of the Opposition

Observers

Tim Pollard - Cabinet Member for Finance and Regeneration

Robert Whittaker - Government Office for London